I saw one of those fake “Girlfriend takes candid shot photo” where the guy takes a picture of himself, and is clearly visible doing so in a reflection, but my first thought was that his hand was his girlfriend. Not that he failed by lying about having a girlfriend and taking a convincing photograph ruined by the fact that his lie is visible in a mirror or window.

With the red hair, square glasses, overall shorts, and general attitude, I’ve been thinking maybe Ultra Car’s new chassis is Joe’s tribute to Ruth. But it’s been a while so he doesn’t really remember what she looked like.

Oh, Nixon was a better president than the law allowed. So they changed the laws. The stuff he would have gotten impeached and prosecuted for (had he not resigned and gotten an immediate presidential pardon) is peanuts against the stuff the current and last president are pulling off. “Think of the communists”, excuse me, “terrorists”. Or was it the children?

“Yes. That one. The one who is not me. Uh, I mean, me, a superhero? Pssh. But yeah. I don’t know her, but um…I mean she saved me, one time… Two times? Maybe twice. She, uh, saved me. From nasty hooligans. Yeah. Hooligans. Um. Superhero. The one from around here. Not here meaning this room, that would be ridiculous. But here meaning this neighborhood. Yeah. That’s what I meant. I, uh, wounder who she is. Um, I don’t approve of her actions and think she’s a menace? But, um, as far as menaces go, she’s the best menace and her heart is in the right place and she must really be trying to stop crime so not really a menace then. Um. Yeah.”

I’ve never felt the hate for Danny that a lot of the base seems to, even in some of the Roomies! strips where he’s pretty unbearable. In DoA, I’ve found him somewhat likable, if occasionally rather thick.

Even if Danny vaporized Blaine with a plasma punch, it still wouldn’t be enough to counterbalance the rest of his blah whiny fail of an existence.

Besides, we all know that if Danny tried to punch Blaine, he would immediately (1) break every bone in his hand, wrist, and arm, and (2) accidentally hit his mom instead and put her into a coma. Danny–he’s just that non-good at life.

Worst-case scenario here: Blaine spots Amber, runs at her, Billie gets a second wind and is right behind him, and Blaine, Danny, Amber, Billie, and Danny’s parents all collide in a cartoon-ish cloud of violence.

If Willis were a different cartoonist, we’d see in the next strip one of those blurry clouds with Blaine’s bloody lip, Amazi-Girl’s mask, Billie’s thighs, Danny’s father’s fist, and Danny’s confused look, all poking out of the dust of the collision/fight, with “POW” and “$*@(!!!” in bold letters all over it.

Yes, Amber, hide with Danny’s family! Either Blaine won’t see you, or you can throw Danny’s parents at him as a distraction!

In other things, Billie is looking adorable back there huffing and puffing. Just like, “Okay, he stopped to look around, I can take this moment to catch my breath, then crush his head with style and poise.”

She has to be unambiguous in order to insinuate herself into this situation. Especially since it’s Danny. If she says “Hi Danny”, or “Hey, hon!” he’d probably miss the point and send her on her way. So she’s basically broadcasting “Hey, I overheard your conversation with your parents and am coming to your rescue!”

Yeah, like in the fact that they…both wear glasses. Seriously, that’s all I’m seeing, guys. The hair is more like -Danny’s-, the face shape is completely different, her nose is bigger, the hair color is obviously not similar, and she wears her glasses lower on her face. I can see the Dorothy-Amber parallel, I am just -not- seeing this one.

“Oh, hey honey what a surprise! You told me you were going to be on that no tech camping trip for the weekend. Couldn’t go through with leaving your smart phone and computer behind for a couple days after all huh?” “Sorry I didn’t just tell you guys, I promised her I wasn’t going to tell anyone about it since she was pretty embarrassed about detoxing her tech addiction.”

Just be smooth for ONCE Danny, please.

Also is she really attempting an identity reveal here? Why would she really need to, even as Danny’s friend he’s nice enough to keep her crazy dad away from her if she just asks.

“Well Danny, it’s so thoughtful of you that you wanted to avoid our first impression of your girlfriend to be her crossing fists with her father. But rest assured, we can think of no better match for you. She can give you so much that you have not been getting from us.”

One usually neither needs nor wants saucer-size glasses for astigmatism. I was rather hoping that as a true superhero, she has the skills to sew parts of old glasses into her mask. Of course, this fantasy suffers a bit from the additional level of morosity required for Danny in order not to notice. But then there’s plenty of that around.

Then why would Amber put her glasses back on in panel two? Unless she wears the contacts all the time and is using ‘Clark Kents’ with no prescription. The last couple of days give me the impression that she and A-Girl aren’t on each other’s speed dial, so I don’t think Amber would go to that trouble.

I don’t think she is banking as much on Danny as rather on his parents wanting a chance at getting to know his girlfriend before she is killed by her father. Amber already knows that Danny is too stupid to know Amazigirl from a piece of brick wall, and that’s what’s going to save Amazigirl’s identity after his parents defend her.

Frankly, Billy is probably the worst person to have around in case she does blow her identity.